homicide investigation. >> she was found to have multiple stab wounds and it has been ruled a homicide. >> news of the stabbing death of mary hines brought tears from strangers and friends and neighbors. >> it is crazy. she did not bother anybody. she steadied herself and goes to church. it should not happen. >> she did not sound like she had an enemy in the world. she did not. she was a great lady. >> the murder is a surprise. most people believe she died after a fire swept through our row home thursday morning. her body was found on the first floor. firefighters say her smoke alarms worked but she moved slowly with a cane. according to neighbors, gas and electric were shut off at the home. >> we just thought it was an arson. then today we found out it was a

murder. they said the lady was stabbed multiple times. i think it is a sad thing. i hope something will be done about it. >> now what is left is a major crime scene. agents with the bureau of of all, tobacco, and fire have teamed up with detectives. residents say mary hines held court for young people on her porch to keep them out of trouble. she began teaching in 1948 and retired in 1981 as the principal. many believe she either recognize or because of her from late nature opened the door to her killer. >> no matter what you did, just turn it around and leave. that is the kind of world we are living in now. >> we overheard investigator saying they will be here for a very long time this evening. city police are to anyone with

information to call homicide. 410-396-2100. >> to our other big story tonight, the oldest catholic diocese in the nation, baltimore, is led by one of the highest-ranking members of the catholic church. >> pope benedict to the 16th has named the archbishop as one of the newest members of the college of cardinals. he will serve as an adviser to the pope and will be eligible to a vote in papal elections. he will continue to lead in the diocese here until a successor is installed. >> he is already in rome for the appointment of a new patient. he joined us by phone. he is here to talk about his new role. >> i will be traveling a lot with the order to try to rev up

the support for the holy places in the holy land and try to have more people conscious of the plight of christians there. >> in the pope was the announcement, cardinals will be in a formal ceremony. nadia up with prisoners as she continues our team coverage. --perishners as she caught up with out team coverage. he made the historical announcement.

churchgoers were elated. >> i was very happy. >> all things are possible. >> we knew it was coming even chile. we share good news. we are delighted to be able to tell folks this. the archbishop until he was appointed to a higher spiritual leadership role. many attend his masses through the years. >> it makes me appeal part of the historical process of the church. >> when asked if they were surprised about him being part of the brotherhood, the answers were unanimous. >> know. not at all. i kind of thought he would be. >> we did this would happen eventually with his new assignment to iran. unfortunately, the archbishop will leave us to serve in support of the questions of the

holy land. >> he is tremendous for the baltimore community. >> we have been blessed with good archbishop's here. to have one of our archbishop's named a cardinal whether he remains here or boots on, i think it is a great testament to the leadership that the holy father has sent to our archdiocese. >> 11 news has continuing coverage of this major announcement. ahead today at 5:30, tim tooten takes a look at the history of baltimore county schools. we are talking exclusively with a colleague of o'brien his take on the pope's decision. >> to net a baltimore man is behind bars accused of breaking into the homes of three women and sexually assaulting them.

cloffird -- clifford has been public enemy number one, now dna evidence linking to the attacks. when originally reported, they were similar in nature but not related. now investigators tell us they have clifford nelson's all auxmo it. >> the actors and the early morning when it is dark out and the victims are sleeping. he catches them on a where. he typically blunt clear -- blindfolds them with clothing. >> he has been charged with 30 counts of burglary to rape and assault appeared >> police are investigating a rape involving a juvenile transgendered girl in the north baltimore. just before 3:30 a.m., officers responded to where they found a

16-year-old victim. the girl told them she was walking along the 300 block of hunter street what this on known individual sexually assaulted her. if you think you know who this man is or has any information on the assault, called baltimore city police. >> jury deliberations are under way and another baltimore city trial. barry simms . two more charges have been dropped against him? >> that is what is going on with the assistant state attorney. she actually told the judge that she was not going to prosecute two charges. the charges are perverted practice and assault. the jury is considering other charges. both the prosecution and defense claim surveillance of the deal from the state works roller rink

was crucial evidence. stephanie porter is a 12-year- old girl was targeted in isolated and a dark room. davon perry was one of three people who sexually assaulted a young and naive female. her will was overcome. she did not know what to do or how to get out of that situation. porter they saw her as an object as pray and that is how they treated her. she identified her attacker says tracy hank and faceins is charges and juvenile court. davon perry whow as then 24. his attorney asked not to base their decision on sympathy. there was supposed to be one

victim. the two individuals who did it confess. another victim was created. that is mr. perry. he argued that she misidentified her client as one of her attackers. i am not saying she is lying, i am saying she is confused. he also focused on the lack of dna evidence against p sayerry is no evidence showing my client did anything. he did not take the witness stand in his own defense, the jury has been deliberating for more than five hours. >> thank you. his victim's body was never found, but a baltimore county man is heading to prison for the murder of a 16-year-old girl. he was convicted in october. prosecutors say the two met on- line before arranging to meet in

person. outside court today, friends of the family express' the outrange -- outrage of the verdict and sentence. >> how do they know this girl is really dead? they did not have a body or dna. i think it is very circumstantial. >> the sentencing includes 30 years for murder and a 10 years for sexual assault. police are investigating the first murder of the year and anne arundel county. rob roblin has been following that investigation. he joins us with the latest. >> late this afternoon police released this picture of the man who was shot and killed in the back of his home. he is 36-year-old gregory sears. after an apparent robbery. it happened here anne arundel county.

after 2:00 a.m. police responded for a report of the shooting. >> the indication is he was in his driveway of the residence when he was approached by these two undone males who shot the victim and fled the scene. we are trying to gather information at this point and look for any potential witnesses. >> police say the victim talked with police before he was taken to shock trauma and told them he was shot after being approached by two suspects. a resident here says she heard what she thought was a gunshot. >> i heard a gunshot. i heard footsteps. that is about all i heard. >> they are trying to ascertain whether this was a targeted or random incident. we are seeking the public's assistance. a motive is under investigation. we have early information to go

off of but we are still trying to gather facts. >> police say this is normally a quiet neighborhood and the shooting has residents concerned. >> it is pretty scary. especially if they have not caught the people who have done this. that is scary. >> this investigation is ongoing. police are saying that mr. sears an apparent robbery. >> thank you, robert. as people try to put their new year's resolution into action, what jim has an unusual role to join. to join this you have to be 50 pounds overweight. what happens when you lose the weight? >> what is it, almost 9:00?

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>> the winners of the $120 million power ball ticket sold here and maryland had claimed their prize. the pickup there czech's after their coming forward as the only winning christmas -- winning ticket holders on the christmas drawing. it was bought in leslie's restaurant and christmas eve. they just walked in to buy 80 sabir and decided to buy a ticket as well. the have not decided whether or not to take the annuity or the cash option. >> that is one way to stay anonymous, to have the check over your faces. in tonight's medical eller, a large long-term study finds no evidence that routine psa

testing allows them to live longer. some patients call the test lifesaving. erica edwards has more. >>andrew cox , strongly he wanted to read his body of prostate cancer when he was diagnosed over one year ago. he was successfully treated in his hometown of houston giving much of the credit to the psa blood test that first spotted his cancer. >> i had no symptoms. the test saved my life. >> new research from washington university says he goes against many patients the reaction. the early detection does not always translate into longer lives. >> after screening these men for up to 15 years, we can find no reduction. >> cancerous prostate cells grow so slowly that most men will go on to live long otherwise hope

in lives. they will ultimately die of something other than prostate cancer. going forward with aggressive treatments can leave men with sexual and urinary problems for the rest of their lives. only certain subsets of men may benefit from early detection. >> african american men and other men to have a strong history of prostate cancer. >> i in cancer free, and i would have not know anything about it without having this screening. >> it appears many men may be better off if their prostate cancer cells are never discovered. >> how many of you take comparing yourselves to all the town and buffed bodies at the gym? one jim has a new requirement, you have to be overweight. the owners wanted to create a

more comfortable environment for people who typically shy away from the gym. to be able to join you have to be at least 50 pounds overweight. training sessions are either one on one or in small groups. once a client loses the way, they are encouraged to stay and serve as mentors for new clients. >> unusually mild january day in maryland. it started out a little on the chilly side. it did not feel like it would end up 25 degrees above normal because temperatures kind of cool. you look to the north and the two parts of new england, some zero readings in the northern maine. a dramatic warm up. temperatures rose 30 degrees and a couple of hours. temperatures right now in the

60s in the mid-atlantic. 59 degrees in baltimore. mild weather up in the mountains as well. unfortunately melting the snow that just picked up on the ski resorts. chilly air will come back in the second half of the weekend. right now we are running higher than normal. 63 degrees today at bwi marshall all the warmth is still well below record territory. 3.4 inches is the most snow that has ever come down on the six of january back in 1989. you see a little cloud cover giving way to sunshine. once the clouds got out of here the temperatures really sort. we will stay mostly clear tonight allowing temperatures to fall but still above normal. the normal high is 41. we will be just above that for lows. an area of high pressure pumping

in the high air not only for us but all the way up into parts of new england back to chicago down to the gulf coast. this front lookit here tomorrow night. does not look like it will have much moisture to work with. only slightly cool air behind it. it would not be a dramatic temperature drop at the front. we will see a little cloud cover in the late afternoon as sprinkles try to develop. sunday we will get sunshine back in the area. overall temperatures slowly settling back. 54 to 59 tomorrow. it will be mild but not as normal as today. on the day tomorrow small craft advisory. the produced gusty winds late in the day. western maryland partly cloudy highs in the 30's. milder temperatures on the eastern shore. fifties' tomorrow and 40's on sunday.

you can see the impact of the front tomorrow night. 10 degrees cooler to wrap up the weekend. the seven-day forecast, cool front tomorrow. it drops the temperatures into the 40's on sunday. we will stay in the 40's on monday. a pretty good chance for some rain and some of it have the by wednesday of next week. >> this sunday marks the first anniversary of the shooting in tucson that left six people dead and gabrielle giffords injured. >> how the community has been dealing with the aftermath. >> job numbers, the good news on the economy and good news for president obama. how did that affect today's republican race for the white house.

>> good economic news today.

the jobless rate dropped to its lowest level in almost three years. >> 8.5% prompting economists to say the improvement it just might last. commitmentonight's 2012 report. >> new hampshire front-runner mitt romney was campaigning in south carolina claiming 1.7 million jobs have been lost under president obama. >> we wondered what would happen if we elected a president who had no experience. he failed to put americans back to work. >> in new hampshire did gingrich slammed the president. >> today's unemployment numbers is a good indicator we are a long way from being a healthy economy. >> in today's traffic poll, newt gingrich, has 9%. ron paul has 17%, and rick

santorum has 11%. >> it is still a dominant lead for mitt romney, but rick santorum has the bus. >> new hampshire and event, rick santorum said u.s. employment may be up because of the gop presidential campaign. >> i think there might be some optimism that may be republicans are going to take the white house and maybe that is spurring people to start taking some risks. i will take that as a reason. >> later pressed he backed off. >> are you really taking partial credit for the new jobs? >> of, i was just joking. >> rick santorum is coming across as serious and likable. >> he is pretty impressive. i had not heard a lot from him before. >> i will go home and make my decision later but i was impressed. >> rick santorum got to support from national christian

conservatives. >> he and others are now pressuring newt gingrich and rick perry to drop out and throw their support to rick santorum to try to stop mitt romney. >> still ahead on a lebanese at 5:00, a special guest of honor at johns hopkins university. >> what he was speaking there today and the methods he wants to send. >> folks stop for a bite to eat after being stranded in traffic for hours.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer. 11 news in hd continues now. >> state police are still investigating a violent crash that had drivers along by 83 in a virtual standstill for hours. police tell 11 news one of them are being treated in the shop, for life-threatening injuries. >> the traffic backed up for miles. >> i left at 5 until 7:00. what is it now, 9:00? "that is how hundreds of motorists started care morning.

drivers were forced to get off at the harrisburg expressway because of a two vehicle crash. the accident happened at around 5:30 shutting down all southbound lanes for nearly three hours. >> i saw the accident on my left. it was a flipped car. terrible. >> a chevy van was hit when the driver of another car tried to change lanes. it caused the chevrolet to flip twice. a 23 year-old woman was sent to shock trauma. >> it was kind of frustrating. i hope the girl is ok. that is my biggest concern. >> summit that was like to work because of the crash. she is a server that was effected by the backup. >> she was backed up like one hour and 10 minutes. we have customers getting on a thin line. it took a 1 hour 45 minutes just

to get in here. >> at nearby what hundred west here studio, the day was off to a slow start as a stylist and customers alike were not in on time because of the backup that spilled over. >> we had a few phone calls from stylist saying they live in pennsylvania and they are having a hard time coming down. >> as for the crash, the at fault driver was not injured and there is no evidence alcohol or drugs were involved. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories. a fire investigation has now become a homicide investigation. police have confirmed mary hines was stabbed to death before her home burned down. agents with the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms are teaming up with the city detectives to proceed with the investigation. some details of a home invasion,

police have released a sketch of one of the men involved in a disturbing robbery where two suspects held the victim at gunpoint and took him to atm's from the city to withdraw cash. the told the victim they have killed people before but would spare him if he cooperated. both were described as african- american males without facial hair. state troopers from the west minster are searching for a man after a robbery at a convenience store. there is a warrant out for the arrest of darnell webb, jr. this happened on the 700 block of phillips wrote. he beat the store clerk with a baseball bat before running out with an undetermined amount of scratch tickets. he fled the area in a chrysler sebring.

>> on a much brighter note, archbishop edwin o'brien has been elevated to cardinal. he was named to this morning to the college of cardinals. he will serve as an adviser to the pulp and will be eligible to evoke in papal elections. he was humbled by the news. the cardinal will be elevated in a formal ceremony on february 18. scholars called today's announcement history in the making. the youngest are also other work -- reacting to the announcement. tim thune confessed -- tim tooten continues the coverage. >> education has been a top priority for archbishop o'brien. he was forced to close or

combine a dozen schools. now he is heading to room with a much different agenda. >> it is a great honor for the archbishop and for the as well. >> i think it is a reminder once again of how why we are not the largest archdiocese in the nation by far, we have been central to the church here. >> this is feature in the making for a younger generation. >> for somebody from baltimore to represent the city as a whole is an amazing honored here >> we have met him and we know how much of an honor it is for him to be elected. >> a position of influence and one that gives baltimore more visibility. >> i think it shows he can do a great job and will do a great job. >> he seems to be a successful archbishop peter >> there seems to be little doubt that he will remain a servant of the people.

>> he is a really personable guy. it is really exciting to see he will be a cardinal. >> i cannot think of anybody else he would be a better person more. >> he will be designated as the fourth archbishop to be elevated to cardinal from baltimore. >> you can see cardinals career in o'brien's photos. it is all on wbaltv.com. click on local news. >> talk about pulling a fast one. >> the driver got into the high occupancy lane may have put an extra body in the car but it does not come as a passenger. story a head as we cover the nation.

>> 3 cadets at the airforce academy in colorado are facing assault charges. there was a spike in the number of the sex crimes reported at the school. kyl accused of sexually assaulting another woman and robert evans and senior is facing three charges. as for the increase in cases, it may be the same but now more women are repeat -- reporting that. >> we no sexual assault are vastly underreported. the fact that the air force academy has a higher percentage of women reporting to me demonstrates that they really made huge progress in terms of creating a safe environment for victims to come forward. >> of three cadets will have hearings later this month and

the superintendent will decide if the cases will go to trial. >> % people the commute is too much. one driver and washington state found the way to use the hov lane. this per passenger does not count as a person. it is a plastic skeleton. it might have worked if troopers had not pulled them over for speeding and making an unsafe lane changes. the result was a ticket for $454 including $120 just for the hov violation. >> faced with more than a $50 million budget gap, baltimore city officials are soliciting your help. >> how you can have a say in what gets hit with the red tape. >> after four painful years of recession, the united states may finally be in a recovery mode. the numbers have economist

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>> one year ago 19 people were gunned down in the parking lot

in tucson, arizona. >> on sunday gabrielle giffords will be among the people who mark the anniversary. it is expected to be an emotional gathering. >> it has been one year of mourning, remember, and recovery. one year ago on sunday gabrielle giffords was shot point-blank in the head at a community event in a tucson parking lot. witnesses say he then turned the gun on the crowd killing six including a federal judge, and gifford staff member, and 9- year-old christina green. >> i call her my beautiful little angel. every day i talked to her. >> the english families still feels is tempered by loving memories.

>> she achieved more things than most adults do in their lifetime. >> 13 people survived the shooting including gabrielle giffords. after months of recovery she returned to the house of representatives in august. for those who lost loved ones, the pain of that more -- the pain of that morning when year ago feels like an open wound. honors have been bestowed on the victims including a court house named after the federal judge and a meeting room named after deborah giffords and staff from an. >> looking at how we can be better. >> thousands are expected to attend a candlelight vigil to remember those killed. among those attending, gabby gifford. her recovery gives hope to the

community still struggling to understand why. >> jarod laughner has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is being forcefully medicated in a prison to try to stand trial in july. >> martin luther king, the third of spoke at john hopkins back in 1982 returned to campus to honor his father. he served as the keynote speaker celebrating his father and his life. the theme of today's event was peace, love, and dignity. >> yes my father delivered that incredible speech. he talked about his dreams to our nation. that dream, i must say, has not yet totally come to fruition. elements of that have. you know what, we are going to

need everybody's help. >> 8 employees were awarded with martin luther king tenure awards. you local event commemorating his life and legacy on wbaltv.com. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> look at current temperatures and you will see we are not the only ones that are enjoying a mild sixth day of january. most of the nation are seeing temperatures above normal. parts of idaho and wyoming, a little pocket of cold air. for northern new england, maine is only 10 degrees right now. that is the last little remnant of arctic air able to sneak into maine. the rest of the nation above normal.

72 degrees in dallas and 72 in new orleans. not all that warm and florida. they are peaking in the 70's. kind of cool for them even though it is a mild pattern nationwide. the official high at bwi marshall, 63 at the airport. the record is still in tact. you have to get all the way to the 70's to hit records in january. there was a little bit of cloud cover developing in central maryland earlier in the day. as soon as the sun broke out, temperatures soared. he saw readings climate 30 degrees and three or four hours across central maryland. it is still mild. cambridge 56 degrees and western maryland and thawing out after a couple of days. mostly clear tonight, it will be

chilly. if you have light winds even a mild day turns into a chilly night. when you keep in mind at 41 is the normal high temperature, we will barely be above a normal high tonight. mild weather entrenched from the gulf coast to the great lakes. this front gets here tomorrow night. you will see on insta-weather futurecast a couple of sprinkles try to develop as it slides through tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will cool off but only a little bit going into sunday and monday of next week. we do not think we will get into the 60's, but not too far below that. a gust of 20 knots on the base so there is a small craft advisory in effect. temperatures will be chilly, partly cloudy skies but above the freezing saturday and sunday. the frescoes and tomorrow night. he will see a temperature drop on sunday and the same scenario on ocean city.

they tend to agree to drop on saturday and sunday. 74 cast, mid-50s. mostly cloudy skies on monday and tuesday. the potential for heavy rain arrives on wednesday. >> mayor blake is looking for insight to develop a fiscal year 2013. this time you can do it with the click of a bounce. residents can review options for spending cuts and revenue increases to close the $52 million budget shortfall the city is facing in the year ahead. a 10 year financial plan to address the longer term challenges. if you would like to have your say, we have provided a link on our web site wbaltv.com. more on the news of a major improvement in the national economy. 200,000 new jobs in the month of

december. the american work force is still fighting to regain ground it lost. brian moore has an update. >> the u.s. economy picked up another 200,000 jobs last month easing unemployment to the lowest level in nearly three years. >> it is important for the american people to recognize we have added 3.2 million new private-sector jobs are the last 22 months. >> it is good news for president obama and the election year. he is crediting the middle-class tax cuts. >> a d economy is moving in the right direction. we are creating jobs on a consistent basis. >> in 2011, unemployment averaged 8.9% down from 9.6% in 2010 for years after the recession began, the nation has a 6 million fewer jobs. >> 200,000 is good but not good

enough. >> unemployment stands at 8.5%, those who have given up on finding a job or stock in part- time jobs, the underemployment rate, is above 15%. labor statistics show a correlation between education and employment. for college graduates the unemployment rate averages 4.1%. 13.8% for workers with less than a high-school diploma. after dropping four straight months, unemployment is at its lowest level since february 2009. >> republican candidates hit the campaign trail, the economy remains issue number one for many voters. how did they handle but news of the economic progress?

>> the baltimore ravens will be enjoying a three day weekend. >> pete gilbert joins us with a live preview of the first installment of the road to indianapolis. >> we begin the playoff journey with a half hour dedicated to the baltimore ravens and the playoffs. we will share with you a couple of one-on-one conversations. gerry sat down with ray rice. i talked with dixon and where he stands with flacco.

>> chemistry that the two of you have developed, i think the touchdown where it is a bad shoulder -- you were at the same thing at the same time a couple of weeks ago. you see this development and fans and around here think, wow, we could have that for a decade. you feel that way? >> he is a great quarterback. he can throw every ball in the book. he is a tight ends to drink. -- tight end's dream. everything he throws up i will go up and grab it. i will instill confidence in him that i will be there at the right place in the right time. >> i also ask him what it is like to know you are about to get crushed but have to make the crash -- the catch. >> thank you very much. what better way to show your purple pride on this friday that to grow out your fanstaches.

you can share your thoughts on wbaltv.com, click on ulocal. >> that is all for us at 5:00. here is what is coming up at 6:00. >> as baltimore neighborhood already reeling over what authorities say was a fatal fat -- the fire. something more sinister happened. >> the jury deliberates in the case of a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at a skating rink. >> temperatures well above normal. we have the forecast coming up next. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00. >> it is a historic day for the archdiocese of baltimore as pope benedict names o'brien a new

cardinal in the roman catholic church. the celebrated the epiphany. >> pope benedict named 22 new cardinals, among them edwin o'brien. i spoke with and this morning by phone and ask him if he was surprised by the appointment. >> i got a call prep the cardinal secretary of state telling me that the pope had nominated me as cardinal. it was then the only time that i really was a shirt that was going to happen. it is a little earlier than i thought. i am very grateful it has happened while i am still bishop and the great city of baltimore. >> we also caught up with members of baltimore's clergy and they were excited about the news regarding the nomination of news regarding the nomination of o'brien